Oyster
501 - 1000 employees
Founded 2020
🤝 B2B
👥 HR Tech
☁️ SaaS
B2B • HR Tech • SaaS
Oyster® is an automated global employment platform that simplifies the process of hiring and managing international talent. With coverage in 180+ countries, Oyster provides solutions for global payroll, compliance, employee benefits, and talent mobility, allowing companies to onboard and manage both full-time employees and contractors efficiently. By leveraging deep local knowledge and expert guidance, Oyster helps businesses navigate the complexities of international hiring and scaling their workforce globally.
Employment Counsel
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Oyster
501 - 1000 employees
Founded 2020
🤝 B2B
👥 HR Tech
☁️ SaaS
B2B • HR Tech • SaaS
Oyster® is an automated global employment platform that simplifies the process of hiring and managing international talent. With coverage in 180+ countries, Oyster provides solutions for global payroll, compliance, employee benefits, and talent mobility, allowing companies to onboard and manage both full-time employees and contractors efficiently. By leveraging deep local knowledge and expert guidance, Oyster helps businesses navigate the complexities of international hiring and scaling their workforce globally.
📋 Description
• Own and maintain employment templates, policies, and processes across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring Oyster's employment offering remains compliant, scalable, and operationally effective. • Monitor legislative and regulatory developments globally, assess their impact on Oyster's products and operations, and drive implementation of required changes. • Partner closely with Product, People team and other cross-functional stakeholders to design and implement compliant employment solutions that balance legal requirements with business objectives. • Advise on a broad range of employment law and compliance matters across the employee lifecycle, including hiring, compensation, leave, performance management, terminations. • Support strategic initiatives such as Direct Expansion, indirect-to-direct migrations, and the launch of new employment products and features. • Research complex employment law issues and translate legal analysis into clear, practical, and business-focused recommendations. • Develop and maintain employment guides, knowledge resources, and compliance documentation to support scalable operations across Oyster's global footprint. • Support labor inspections, audits, regulatory inquiries, and other employment compliance initiatives. • Use data, stakeholder feedback, and operational insights to identify risks, improve processes, and enhance the effectiveness of Oyster's employment compliance framework. • Identify and champion opportunities to leverage AI, automation, and process innovation to improve team efficiency, reduce manual work, and enable the scalable delivery of employment compliance and legal support. • Contribute to a highly collaborative, remote-first team culture and help drive continuous improvement across Employment Products.
🎯 Requirements
• Law Degree (e.g. JD or equivalent) and admission to practice law in one or more jurisdictions. • 4+ years of experience practicing employment law, preferably with a combination of law firm and in-house practice. • Deep expertise in employment law, including hands-on experience with standard employment processes: drafting and reviewing contracts, managing templates and policies, advising across a wide range of employment matters and interpreting local labor regulations across multiple jurisdictions. • Understanding of the EOR model and ability to anticipate and navigate its unique legal challenges; prior experience working with or within an EOR is preferred. • Experience managing multi-jurisdictional and/or cross-border employment matters, with the ability to work across diverse legal systems and regulatory environments. • Strong business acumen with the ability to distill complex legal concepts into clear, practical, and actionable guidance for non-legal stakeholders; creativity and pragmatism in risk mitigation are essential. • Excellent analytical, communication, and research skills, with a keen eye for detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, global environment. • A technology-forward mindset, including curiosity and comfort with leveraging AI and automation tools to work more efficiently and continuously improve legal processes. • A positive attitude and willingness to assist others, no matter how small the task.
🏖️ Benefits
• Work from anywhere • Paid time off: 40 days off per year (including holidays and vacation), or more if required by your country. • Mental health support: Access Plumm, our mental well-being service. • Wellbeing allowance: Each month, receive a wellbeing allowance in your ThanksBen wallet. Spend it on a wide range of options; see the benefits catalogue for ideas. • Flexible parental leave: All new parents are eligible for at least three months’ paid leave, with job protection for up to 12 months or as required locally. • WFH stipend: Receive a stipend for your laptop and home office equipment to get you set up quickly.
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